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Jennermania (uncountable)

1. Enthusiasm for Caitlyn Jenner (born 1949), US decathlete who famously came out as transgender in 2015.
   • 2015, Nathalie Atkinson, Teenagers: the power brokers of fashion (in The Globe かつ Mail, July 3)

     Unlike the fashion hierarchy in Material Girls, this new teen identity was born of sincerity, not cynicism.
     As Matheson points out, and present Jennermania can attest, the innocence was short-lived.

   • 2015, The Washington Post, The Evolution of Bruce Jenner (e-book)

     Jennermania may have hit its peak when producers shortlisted him for the lead in 1978's “Superman.” His acting skills may have fallen short; the role went to Christopher Reeve.

   • 2015, Brendan O'Neill, ‘Call me Caitlyn, or else’: the rise of authoritarian transgender politics (in The Spectator, June)

     Yesterday's Jennermania confirms how weirdly authoritarian, even idolatrous, trans politics has become.